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Induction is also spooky fast. Removed pot #2 might not cool down before pot #3 is cooked. If so, only takes seconds to reheat. You only need one working burner. That is why I have two.

I'm lucky. No need for graphs, charts, horsepower calculations, prismatic efficiency coordinates, effective waterline dynamic ratios, fuel burn estimations related to barimetric conditions, total gross weight effecting deadrise runout, etc. If I go faster than 7 knots, I get there too soon.

I wired my "preliminary" bilge pump (the lowest float switch operated pump) with a $3 LED light/buzzer combo. It comes on at 1-2 inches of water in the bilge and makes an annoying beep for 10 or 11 beeps until the switch shuts off. If it kept going, or came on more than every few days, I would...

They make a thinner model. https://anodeshack.com/zinc-salca-micro-limited-line-cutter-anode The blade doesn't look as sharp or strong as the expensive ones. But since it is 10x less expensive, one could spend a few minutes to sharpen it. Once sharp, it might reduce the stress on it when...

I carried a raft on a 30' boat because the tender was kept on the cabin top. While it was normally very convenient, it did take 10-15 minutes to get it ready in the water. I had a small raft (my wife could throw over) that inflated by yanking the painter. My present boat has Weaver davits and...

I did this with a 5 gallon bucket to see what my pump actually did. Nowhere near the number printed on the pump. I first looked into the hose arrangement. To make the install simple, the pump outlet faced aft and made a 180 degree turn up to the thru hull. That added a few extra feet. I...

Although I have the equipment, material, experience, and equipment to simply sew new covers, if it were my project I would go with fabricating snap extentions. Even a cheapo snap fastener would be good enough for this project. Buy one that comes with snaps or make sure that the snaps are...

Video is very similar to mine, although my documentation says it was build by Tung Hwa. Even when similar, they never seem to be identical. I have an 80 hp 4cyl Lehman. Seems to be all the power necessary for this boat, but since there were more 120hp around, maybe they got put in more often...

The head on my first boat was similar to this one. The bands were brass, the rim was rounded for comfort, and it wasn't $300. Zero maintenance over the years. Guests never had a problem with the system because I was very selective about who came onboard (the secret to eliminating head...

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The mention of pilot bread reminded me of something else. Vacuum sealed food. We vacuum sealed pilot bread for a wilderness kayak trip, in part because it kept it waterproof. Found some of it a few years later. Still as good as new, but then it is pilot bread. How do you tell when it goes bad...

In BC, it's not seagulls, it's crows. We were fishing with a guide and went in to have lunch. It was one of the guide's birthday, so they had purchased a cake in town and left it on one of the boats. When they went out to get the cake, they found that crows had got on board, gone forward in the...

My first safety experience with AIS was when I was sitting in some small islands in the San Juan islands. I was in my little C Dory 16, having just hooked up my new VHF with AIS receive to the Lowrance. I knew that I now had AIS, but wasn't familiar with its features, other than identifying some...

I have wondered about my Marina selling boats at public auction when the owner walks away. A boat across from me sold for next to nothing, to a new owner who knew nothing. He could not get the engine to run to take it back to his home port, 50 MI away. He is gone now, but I wonder where the boat is.

I've have had a CO detector go off twice after cold snaps (down into the 20's). My batteries are in the aft lazarette, sealed off from the main cabin, bilge, etc. The CO detector that went off is in the forward berth. After checking everything several times, I concluded that it was the cold...

The improvements in powdered milk have made shelf-stabile cartons obsolete. I was amazed when I first tried powdered whole milk. Having not drank anything but 2% refrigerated milk at home, and remembering the gag reflex caused by Carnation Instant Milk, this stuff is great. It dissolves best...

Just my kitchen sink physics: Water and contaminants slowly settle out of diesel, hence the goop at the bottom of a fuel tank that has had bad diesel over the years. That goop can be stirred up under some conditions and enter the fuel lines, where it may travel fast enough to stay in...

The ladder shown in #31 got me to thinking. I backed over an aluminum step ladder, but cut off the part that wasn't mangled (for what?). That, with the ladder brackets installed might be just the thing. A wooden ladder it too bulky. A short undermount swimstep ladder on the engine room...

I just removed my Yanmar TSC80 4kw generator (and gave it to a junk yard). I don't know how noisy it was because I never ran it. Could not get the injector pump to work, even after buying a new one and hiring a diesel mechanic. Since I didn't need it, I removed it (which was a pain)...

I had the problem of being notified that I was in imminent danger of running over myself. It took some time with the Garmin manual to find how to turn off the self-recognition. Mark

I now make sure the hatch is not simply lifted up and balanced back. I had one fall on my fingers. Fortunately, I had three fingers all "evenly" smashed by the edge of the hatch so none of them broke, which amazed me. I felt that accident for a couple of months. I've also had the experience...

I have the Lehman 80hp 4 cyl. and can get 1 gph at 6 knots. 30 feet and all the room my wife and I need. Something not often discussed in the gph threads is the condition of your (actually, the boat's) bottom. When travelling in an area where one can go between fresh and salt every couple...

The alleged use of an AIS Class B filter in crowded situations is interesting. I hate driving my truck at night in busy areas because of all the headlights. I'm thinking of getting a filter that blocks out the headlights of any vehicle that is smaller than my Peterbuilt. Anybody see a legal...

I bought a fairly elaborate set of nut drivers (like RT shows) that also came with metric and "regular" torx, allen, phillips, spade, etc. and a little racheting socket handle. I use the mini socket driver all the time as there are so many places when dealing with small fasteners that a regular...

I bought a VHF for my small boat which has only AIS recieve. When connected to my MDF, it only took a couple of times out to see the value. Then I bought a trans/recieve for my trawler. I have a few stories where it was very nice to have, but the biggest benefit is simly day to day usage. If...